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 *  Copyright 2009 Ancora Research Group.
 * 
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 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package pt.ualg.carr.gui;

import java.awt.EventQueue;

/**
 * Starts the Gui. Construts the JFrame and the Model in another thread
 * and returns a reference to the model.
 *
 * @author Joao Bispo
 */
public class GuiLauncher implements Runnable {

   @Override
   public void run() {
      mainWindow = new MainWindow();
      mainWindow.setVisible(true);
   }

   /**
    * Invokes the AWT EventQueue to start a new MainWindow frame.
    * @return
    */
   public static MainWindow startMainWindow() {
      GuiLauncher launcher = new GuiLauncher();
      EventQueue.invokeLater(launcher);
      return launcher.mainWindow;
   }
   
   // INSTANCE VARIABLES
   private MainWindow mainWindow;
}
